#include<cstdio>
#define MOD 1999999973
using namespace std;

unsigned long long pow(unsigned long long, unsigned long long);

int main()
{
	unsigned long long n, p;
	freopen("lgput.in", "r", stdin);
	freopen("lgput.out", "w", stdout);
	scanf("%llu %llu", &n, &p);
	printf("%llu", pow(n, p));
	return 0;
}

unsigned long long pow(unsigned long long n, unsigned long long p)
{
	if(p == 1)
		return n;
	unsigned long long x = pow(n, p/2);
	x = x * x % MOD;
	if(p % 2)
	{
		return (x * n) % MOD;
	}
	else
	{
		return x;
	}
}